It's hard to type out the dialogue for Stuffed-Nose Len. I tried to imitate it by breathing from my mouth and talking. Then I got sick for a whole week. It helped but it was horrible haha.

I'm trying to do a chapter a month. It's working out okay for now~ yay! The chapters are probably not as long as the first few but that's okay. (Shakes vigorously...)

(To missmia416, I'd like a cookie (=v=))

Odds= Len, Evens= Rin.

A World Without Crime

Ch. 10
Sick (Pt. 2)

Kagamine Household

"Rin, are you doing anything today? We could hang out and stuff!" Gumi exclaimed. We were chatting online with Miki as I was making some soup for Len in the kitchen.

"Sorry guys, I have to take care of Len. He got a cold overnight."

"Man, he's got a weak immune system." Gumi laughed.

"Well.. It was a cold night..." Miki muttered shyly.

Gumi and I laughed. Miki's not-so-secret crush on Len was kinda cute. But it made me slightly queasy though. I wonder why?

I pulled myself back to reality and noticed that the soup cooled down.

"Well I gotta go. Len's soup is getting cold." I closed the laptop.

I went upstairs with a tray. On it was a bowl of soup, a bottle of water, and some pills.

Len sat there quietly, rubbing his nose with a tissue. His blonde hair was down and messy and his eyes were a dull bright blue.

Seeing him like this reminded me how we first met. He looked just like this, but healthier.

"Here," I said as I placed the tray gently on his lap. He took a sip then scrunched his nose. "What, you don't like it?"

"It's ot tha I don't ike it," He sniffed, "it's jus tha, since my nose s suffy, I can't tast it."* His clogged nose made him sound like he was trying to breathe and talk at the same time. Oh wait, he was.

It made me laugh. He looked at me, confused. "It's your voice. It's cute!"

"Shaddup." He turned red and looked away.

"Hah..." I smiled. For a bit I was lost in thought. It was almost like the first time we met...

"Waht?" I snapped back into reality again. I realized I'd been staring at him as he was drinking his soup.

I blushed, embarrassed, "Oh! Sorry. I just remembered the first time we met."

"Ah." He looked at his now empty bowl.

"Um... Did you want more?" I asked.

He hesitated. "Rwin, I nee to tell yew an Leon somtin importan."*

"What?"

"Not'in. 'll tell yew la-er."*

"Okay." He looked kind of down. There was nothing I could do at the moment, but it seemed like there was something on his mind.

After that Len began to recover fast. He took his pills and ate all the soup. He even took a nap all afternoon.

But even with Len's health getting better, I couldn't help but feel sick. That afternoon I sat on the sofa, thinking. I had a queasy feeling in the pit of my stomach. What was it?

There were thoughts that passed my mind. Ever since Len came into my life, my family had become livelier. Leon locked himself in his room less frequently, Oliver found a new friend, and I had someone to talk to at home when Leon wasn't around.

I sighed. Ever since dad died, it's been quiet. Mom left to go mourn with her relatives and hasn't come back since. Leon's been focused on work and video games and Oliver's been in the hospital.

'I'll have to thank Len for everything.' I smiled.

I suddenly remembered, what was it that Len wanted to tell me?

I heard the garage door open. Leon was home.

I got up from the couch. Len walked down the stairs, awake and better. His hair was messy and he rubbed his eyes. "Is that Leon?"

"Yeah." I noticed the tone of his voice. "Oh! Your voice isn't weird anymore."

"Yep." His expression was serious.

Leon walked in from the garage door, the sound of the garage closing behind him. "I'm home. Oh, Len are you feeling better?"

Len nodded. He then looked at me and back at Leon. Leon put his things down.

"Len?" I saw that his expression made me feed sad. Why?

"I..." His voice faltered. He took a deep breath.

"I need to tell you guys something really important."

*If you can't understand it, here ya go!:
-"It's not that I don't like it, it's just that, since my nose is stuffy, I can't taste it."
-"Rin, I need to tell you and Leon something important."
-"Nothing. I'll tell you later."

It's short and boring-ish for now cause all this tension build-up I'm trying to build up. Haha that made no sense.